Illegal Encroachment Is the Track Blocker: Until the Railways Clears Land, Nothing Will Move in Mumbai

By BPN News Desk June 10, 2025

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Every few months, the Indian Railways or the Maharashtra government announces some shiny new initiative for Mumbai’s overburdened local train network—AC coaches, automatic doors, swanky footover bridges, and digital ticketing kiosks. But for the average Mumbaikar clinging to the footboard of a

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Killing Quietly: The Feminization of Violence in Middle India

By BPN News Desk June 9, 2025

As Indian women in small towns gain access to digital tools, private mobility, and emotional autonomy, a new kind of violence is emerging—quiet, deliberate, and often chillingly methodical. The Myth of the Passive Woman Is Breaking For years, Indian society has clung to the image of the woman as the sacrificial, subdued half of the […]

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Crude Lies: The Truth Behind India’s Static Fuel Prices in a Falling Oil Market

By BPN News Desk June 5, 2025

In a world where every rupee counts, Indian fuel consumers find themselves caught in a peculiar paradox. Crude oil prices have been tumbling on the global stage—by over 15% in recent months—yet the cost of filling up your tank in Mumbai, Delhi, or Bangalore has barely moved an inch. The numbers simply don’t add up, […]

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Buzzing Into Oblivion: What Russia’s UVB-76 Tells Us About the World’s Sleepwalk Into Nuclear Madness

By BPN News Desk June 3, 2025

There was a time when the faint buzz of a Soviet-era shortwave signal sent chills down the spines of Cold War analysts. That sound — mechanical, monotonous, and ceaseless — belonged to UVB-76, nicknamed “The Buzzer.” It was mysterious, it was ominous, and above all, it was never silent. But now, in 2025, that static […]

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Selective Justice Is Injustice: The State vs. Sharmishta Panoli

By BPN News Desk June 3, 2025

A 22-year-old law student from Pune, Sharmishta Panoli, is currently behind bars. Her offense? A now-deleted Instagram reel in which she criticized the silence of Bollywood over Operation Sindoor and used words some deemed communal. She deleted the video. She apologized. But none of that mattered to the West Bengal Police, who travelled across the […]

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IMF Loans by Day, Jihad Rallies by Night: The Pakistan Model

By BPN News Desk May 31, 2025

On May 28, the city of Kasur in Pakistan’s Punjab province witnessed a scene that should have sent shockwaves across the globe. On stage, addressing a crowd under banners of nuclear pride and anti-India slogans, stood not only Pakistani ministers like Malik Rasheed Ahmad Khan and Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan, but also some of the […]

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The Vohra Committee Report: A Masterpiece of Political Blackmail?

By Editor - News Desk May 30, 2025

In the realm of Indian politics, few documents have generated as much intrigue and as little transparency as the Vohra Committee Report. Commissioned in the aftermath of one of India’s darkest security lapses—the 1993 Bombay blasts—the report was expected to expose the deep-rooted nexus between crime, politics, and bureaucracy. Instead, it turned into something far […]

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Seven Experts, One Verdict: Operation Sindoor Redefined India’s Military Doctrine

By BPN News Desk May 27, 2025

India’s Operation Sindoor, launched between May 7 and 10 in response to the brutal Pahalgam terror attack, is being hailed not only as a tactical success but as a turning point in India’s strategic doctrine. Moving far beyond symbolic retaliation, it marked a calibrated use of force, deep strikes on Pakistan Air Force infrastructure, and […]

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Delhi High Court Sees a Threat, Mumbai High Court Sees a Contract: The Çelebi Contradiction

By BPN News Desk May 26, 2025

Delhi High Court deferred to national security in Çelebi's case while Mumbai High Court treated it as a routine contract dispute, revealing a dangerous gap in India’s institutional response.

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Lumma Stealer Malware: The Silent Data Thief Targeting 394,000 Windows Systems – Are You at Risk?

By BPN News Desk May 22, 2025

In a recent security revelation, Microsoft disclosed that over 394,000 Windows computers worldwide have been infected by a stealthy piece of malware called Lumma Stealer. This isn’t just another virus that slows down your PC—it’s a silent data thief designed to siphon off your most sensitive information, from saved browser passwords to crypto wallets and […]